Tuesday, July 21, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

Join IBTTA in Chicago for the Transformation of Transportation!

IBTTA’s 77th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, September 13-16, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois, is the most significant gathering of toll industry professionals in the world. Attend this meeting and interact with the most influential experts and decision makers from around the globe and discuss ideas and solutions about transportation financing strategies, the future of tolling and paying for mobility, AET and Interoperability, new ideas for the new economy and sustainable transportation. Register by August 14 and receive a $100 discount off your registration fee. This meeting is hosted by the Illinois Tollway and will be held at the Hyatt Regency. For information on registration, hotel reservations, exhibiting or sponsorship, visit IBTTA’s website at www.ibtta.org. Register today!

AVIATION

1) UK Airports Deploy New Technology to Monitor Passenger Movement

System anonymously tracks cell phone signals as passengers move through terminals.

Link to story on Airport Technology:

http://www.airport-technology.com/news/news60000.html?WT.mc_id=DN_News

2) Airport Maps iPhone App: Does It Really Help You Navigate Your Way Around North American Airports?

Link to review on Examiner:

http://www.examiner.com/x-14813-iPhone-Apps-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Airport-Maps-iPhone-app-does-it-really-help-you-navigate-your-way-around-North-American-airports

3) The Race to Provide Wi-Fi While Flying

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/business/21road.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) EZ Tags Pull Double Duty as Traffic Monitors

Link to story in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6537163.html

PARKING

5) Are Even Higher Meter Prices in Your Future? Report Says They Should be

Report recommends higher rush hour parking rates, technology improvements to ease San Francisco’s pervasive parking problems.

Link to story in the SFAppeal:

http://sfappeal.com/alley/2009/07/are-even-higher-meter-prices-in-your-future-report-says-they-should-be.php

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) US Withheld Data Showing Cell Phone Driving Risks

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/technology/21distracted.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

7) The Color of Safety

An expert symposium, cosponsored by FHWA, looked at the use of color in conveying safety messages.

Link to story in Public Roads:

http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/09julaug/02.htm

TELEMATICS

8) New OnStar Tech Keeps Stolen Vehicles from Starting

Link to review from CNET News:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10291032-48.html

TRANSIT

9) Maryland Transit Authority Reins in Audio Surveillance Proposal

Link to story in The Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/commuting/bal-md.mta21jul21,0,7383941.story

VEHICLES

10) Before Creating the Car, Ford Designs the Driver

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/automobiles/19design.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

News Releases

1) Inrix Delivers Real-Time Traffic Flow Services for Europe

2) In-Vehicle Text-by-Voice Application Introduced by ATX to Automotive Market

3) Port of Long Beach, California to Test Emergency Public Address System

Job Posting

– Supervisory, Engineering Psychologist, Operations Research Analyst, or Industrial Engineer – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=82315153

Upcoming Events

15^th Annual Central Europe/North America Airport Issues Conference – October 18-20 – Dubrovnik, Croatia

http://events.aaae.org/sites/091003/

Today in Transportation History

1919 **90^th anniversary** – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express caught fire and crashed into a building in Chicago. Thirteen people died, including ten on the ground.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Wingfoot-Air-Express—The-First-Airship-Disaster&id=1014840

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